How Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault revealed the Spurs' defense is unlike any the defending champions has seen this season.

After it looked like the Oklahoma City Thunder would steamroll the rest of the NBA on their way to a second championship, the San Antonio Spurs spent the last two weeks rising from the field as the first true challenger who could prevent that.

The Utah Jazz travel to take on the San Antonio Spurs Saturday. Tip-off from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, is set for 8 p.m. ET.

Thunder guard Alex Caruso's blunt take after losing to the Spurs on Christmas Day, and for the third time in 12 days.

But even if the Thunder win those two games, the Spurs have already won the season series. And considering OKC will likely flirt with 65-plus wins, three of your losses coming from the hands of the same squad will stick with you for the rest of the year until proven otherwise.

De'Aaron Fox scores 29 points as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-102. This marked the Spurs third win over the defending NBA champs in two weeks.

The Spurs left a big lump of coal in the Thunder’s stocking this Christmas.

How the Spurs have emerge as the Thunder's biggest threat, and they're only going to get better from now until the end of the regular season.